43 Facts About Purdue Polytechnic

Purdue Polytechnic University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue Polytechnic University system.

The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue Polytechnic donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name.

Purdue Polytechnic is the founding member of the Big Ten Conference and enrolls the largest student body of any individual university campus in Indiana, as well as the ninth-largest foreign student population of any university in the United States.

Purdue Polytechnic University is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

Purdue Polytechnic issued its first degree, a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, in 1875.

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Rather than emulate the classical universities, White believed Purdue Polytechnic should be an "industrial college" and devote its resources toward providing a broad, liberal education with an emphasis on science, technology, and agriculture.

Purdue Polytechnic intended not only to prepare students for industrial work, but to prepare them to be good citizens and family members.

Purdue Polytechnic Airport was the country's first university-owned airport and the site of the country's first college-credit flight training courses.

Purdue Polytechnic set up about a hundred centers throughout Indiana to train skilled workers for defense industries.

Purdue Polytechnic awarded its first Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1960.

In recent years, Purdue Polytechnic's leaders have continued to support high-tech research and international programs.

Purdue Polytechnic launched a Global Policy Research Institute in 2010 to explore the potential impact of technical knowledge on public policy decisions.

Purdue Polytechnic's campus is situated in the small city of West Lafayette, near the western bank of the Wabash River, across which sits the larger city of Lafayette.

Purdue Polytechnic Mall is the central quad of Purdue Polytechnic University and was created to connect the academic campus with Ross-Ade Stadium.

The most prominent feature of the Purdue Mall is the 38-foot -tall concrete Engineering Fountain, and features the Frederick L Hovde Hall of Administration, which houses the office of the university president, Mitchell E Daniels.

At the request of John Purdue Polytechnic, he was buried in the Memorial Mall, directly across from the main entrance of University Hall.

Purdue Polytechnic Institute maintains three high school campuses that focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and feature hands-on project-based learning.

Purdue Polytechnic offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in over 211 major areas of study, and is well known for its competitive engineering curricula.

Purdue Polytechnic University is considered by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to have "very high research activity".

Purdue Polytechnic was rated the nation's fourth best place to work in academia, according to rankings released in November 2007 by The Scientist magazine.

Purdue Polytechnic's researchers provide insight, knowledge, assistance, and solutions in many crucial areas.

Purdue Polytechnic University was ranked fourth in Engineering research expenditures amongst all the colleges in the United States in 2017, with a research expenditure budget of 244.

Purdue Polytechnic University established the Discovery Park to bring innovation through multidisciplinary action.

Several of Purdue Polytechnic's most distinguished graduates are members of fraternities and sororities.

Students at Purdue Polytechnic participate in more than 900 student organizations that cover a variety of interests.

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Some notable clubs founded by Purdue Polytechnic students include the Purdue Polytechnic Reamer Club and two clubs that eventually became nationwide organizations: the National Society of Black Engineers and the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.

Purdue Polytechnic University Dance Marathon is an 18-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping, dance marathon that takes place each fall in the Cordova Recreation center.

Purdue Polytechnic has a number of religious organizations on and near the campus.

Purdue Polytechnic has one of the few college athletic programs not funded by student fees or subsidized by the university.

Purdue Polytechnic is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference, and played a central role in its creation.

Purdue Polytechnic plays its home games at Ross-Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue Polytechnic University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Purdue Polytechnic was originally classified as a Major College school in the 1937 season until 1972.

Purdue Polytechnic received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present.

Purdue Polytechnic Boilermakers basketball team competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Purdue Polytechnic basketball won its 24th Big Ten Conference Championship in 2019.

Purdue Polytechnic employs 892 non-tenure-track faculty, Lecturers, and Postdoctoral Researchers at its West Lafayette campus.

Purdue Polytechnic alumni have achieved recognition in a range of areas, particularly in the science, engineering, and aviation industries.

Purdue Polytechnic alumni include 25 astronauts, including Gus Grissom, America's second man in space and first to fly in NASA's Gemini program, Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the Moon, and Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to do so.

In science, Purdue Polytechnic has produced Nobel Prize–winning physicists in Edward Mills Purcell and Ben Roy Mottelson, as well as Nobel Prize–winning chemist Akira Suzuki.

In sports, Purdue Polytechnic has produced basketball coach John Wooden; basketball Hall of Famers Stretch Murphy, Piggy Lambert, and Rick Mount; NBA Champions Paul Hoffman, Herm Gilliam, Frank Kendrick, Jerry Sichting, Glenn Robinson, and Brian Cardinal; and NBA All-Stars Glenn Robinson, Brad Miller, Terry Dischinger, and Joe Barry Carroll.

Purdue Polytechnic has three NFL Super Bowl–winning quarterbacks in Drew Brees, Bob Griese, and Len Dawson.

Additionally, a total of 19 Purdue Polytechnic alumni have been on a Super Bowl–winning team as of 2011.

Three Purdue Polytechnic alumni have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States: Neil Armstrong, Brian Lamb, and John Wooden.